Ambassadors in Arms: The Story of Hawaii's 100th Battalion

by Thomas D Murphy, Thomas D. Murphy, Thomas Dowler Murphy

Book Overview

Hawaii's 100th Infantry Battalion Separa​​​te was the first U.S. Army combat unit​ composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs). Its original members had been inducted into the Army before Japanese planes swept down on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. How the loyalty of these soldiers was questioned by other Americans, then put to the test, and finally proved beyond doubt on the battlefields of Europe is the subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824883357
• ISBN13: 9780824883355
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"